Effects of Intra-articular Versus Subacromial Steroid Injections on Clinical Outcomes in Adhesive Capsulitis

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Conditions studied: Adhesive Capsulitis

In brief

The primary objective is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Adhesive Capsulitis who receive intra-articular versus subacromial steroid injections. The secondary objective is to verify that steroid injections in combination with physical therapy lead to more favorable outcomes than local anesthetic injections in combination with physical therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00742846

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

0

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Meet clinical diagnosis of primary Adhesive Capsulitis
• Restriction in abduction to less than 130 degrees
• 50% reduction in external rotation as compared with the contralateral side
• An intact rotator cuff
• Between 18-75 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Previous shoulder capsular surgery
• History of steroid injection(s) into affected shoulder
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Iodinated contrast dye allergy
• Allergy to lidocaine
• Other suspected shoulder pathology (i.e., tumor, rotator cuff rupture. infection, arthritis)
• Known bleeding diathesis
• Cervical spine pathology
• History of trauma to the shoulder
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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